Lamentations 3:10 meaning and explanation

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

Lamentations 3:10, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is an unnamed sufferer, traditionally taken as the prophet or a representative of Jerusalem after its destruction. In this long complaint he describes God not as a shepherd but as a predator: a bear lying in wait, a lion in ambush.

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